Flageolets are the green, ripe beans from the string bean – that is, the bean kernels themselves, not the pods.

Boiled and piping hot with asparagus butter (melted butter), following Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" from 1914.

How long does it take?

Count on around 40 minutes in all for four servings, including boiling.

Flageolets

Name: Flageolets
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Norwegian
Ingredients: 500 g flageolets (green, ripe bean seeds of the string bean); 1 tsp salt (for the cooking water); 75 g butter (for the asparagus butter)

A short recipe from Erken (1914): flageolets, the green ripe seeds of the string bean, are boiled and served piping hot with asparagus butter.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 398 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Flageolets are the green, ripe seeds from the string bean. Erken treats them as a fine vegetable dish and serves them with asparagus butter, that is, melted or stirred butter of the same kind used for asparagus.

How to make it

1
Boil the beans
Put the green, ripe bean seeds into boiling, salted water and boil them tender, covered.
2
Serve
Drain off the water and serve the beans piping hot with asparagus butter (melted or stirred butter).

Changes from the original

Amounts and cooking time have been added as guidance, since the original does not give them. "Asparagus butter" has been kept and explained as melted/stirred butter.

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Velg to utgaver og se hva Henriette Schønberg Erken la til, fjernet eller endret mellom dem.

Fra1914 1949 Modernisert

Til1914 1949 Modernisert

1914 (korrekturlest, s. 398) → 1949 (korrekturlest, s. 439)~7% av teksten endretfjernetlagt til

~~Flageolets.~~ Flageolets er de grønne, modne bønner av snittebønnen. Serveres kokte, rykende varme med aspargessmør.

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Frequently asked questions

What are flageolets?: Flageolets are the green, ripe beans from the string bean – that is, the bean kernels themselves, not the pods.
How are they served?: Boiled and piping hot with asparagus butter (melted butter), following Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" from 1914.
How long does it take?: Count on around 40 minutes in all for four servings, including boiling.

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